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ominous

adj
/ˈɒmɪnəs/UK/ˈɑmɪnəs/US/ˈɒmɪnəs/CA/ˈɔmɪnəs/

Etymology

From Latin ōminōsus (“full of foreboding”), from ōmen (“forbidden fruit, omen”), from Old Latin osmen, of uncertain origin, with many origins proposed (see ōmen).

  1. derived from osmen
  2. derived from ōminōsus

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens

    Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant.

  2. Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill

    Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen

    • California poll support for Jerry Brown's tax increases has ominous implications for U.S. taxpayers too Los Angeles Times Headline April 25, 2011
    • After growing substantially in the 1990s and modestly in the 2000s, the total number of American kids fell from 2010 through 2019, an ominous milestone.

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Derived

ominosity, ominously, ominousness, unominous

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at ominous. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01ominous02ill03wicked04severe05austere06grim07sinister

A definitional loop anchored at ominous. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at ominous

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA